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The impacts of feeding algae and canola oil on the growth, survival and
reproduction of the Moina sp.
Nurul Nazira binti Mohd Naseer
Supervisor: Dr Wan Nurul Nadiah binti Wan Rasdi
Bachelor of Science In Agrotechnology (Aquaculture)
School of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences
The increasing demands of fish larvae in aquaculture industries lead to high demands
of live feeds. More developed culture techniques were important to lower down the
production technique cost as well as to maximize the production of natural food for
larval rearing. Moina macrocopa is a potential freshwater live feed that can be utilized
in replacing Artemia, since the Artemia orginated from saline environment. This study
aimed to quantify the growth, survival, reproduction and overall life table parameters
of Moina sp. by using different diets of Chlorella sp., canola oil and mixed diet
(Chlorella sp. mix with canola oil). Moina sp. were cultured and enriched with the
concentration of 2000 mg L -1 in triplicates for each dietary treatment. This study found
that there were no difference on the specific growth rate of M. macrocopa (P=0.05)
when fed with different diets. The survival rate of M. macrocopa fed on mixed diet
(109.97 ± 32.85%) were significantly higher (P